Figure 9: Acts Per Capita (100,000) By Festival – Home Festivals in Bold Metro Festival Metros Los Angeles Austin Nashville Seattle LA Benchmark Metros New York Chicago
Coachella
SXSW
Bonnaroo
Sasquatch
0.25
1.12
0.00 0.07 0.03
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.94 .38
.12 .01
.06 .01
Figure 10: Home Metro Ranks (Per Capita) Home Metro Rank (Per Festival Capita*) Coachella 4th SXSW 1st Bonnaroo 1st Sasquatch 1st *Rank out of all cities with 2 or more acts at the festival
At the three other festivals, home metros rank first on a per‐capita basis. This is even true in Nashville, which had a rather lackluster showing in the absolute share analysis. The per‐capita analysis consistently points to a home metro advantage. This advantage seems particularly strong in the case of cities outside of large music clusters. For instance, Austin artists only have representation at their local festival.
Results: Less Established Acts What happens when the share analysis is restricted to less established artists only? LA’s share of the one‐time only artists at Coachella (that is, its share of artists who perform at Coachella and not the other three festivals) is 15.2%. While this is slightly lower than LA’s share of all artists, it is enough for first place overall. Most LA artists at Coachella are performing there and nowhere else. These results are consistent with the prediction that home music festivals give less‐established artists an opportunity to
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